Riding-harrow.



iatented October 5, 1908.

PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES LANGELLIER, OF RANSOM, KANSAS.

RlDlNG-HARROW.

.SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,875, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed May 14, 1903. Serial No. 157,155. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns LANGELLIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ransom, in the county of Ness and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Riding Harrow, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harrows, and it contemplates more especially a riding attachment for ordinary toothed harrows which shall be provided with means whereby the harrowind'ivid ually may be tilted or elevated, so as to clear the teeth of the same of accumulated trash without necessity for stopping or exertion on the part of the driver.

My invention has for its object to provide a riding attachment for barrows which shall be provided with means whereby the harrowsections connected therewith may be easily and conveniently tilted, as described, and which said attachment shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efliciency.

My invention, with these and other ends in View, consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and operation of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

- is a tongue at, which supports a cross-bar 5,

which is connected, by'means of suitably-disposed braces 6.7, with the ends of a draw-bar 8, which normally is supported slightly above the ground by means of said braces in. con? junction with the harrow-sections 9, of whichthree have herein been shown, said harrowsections being linked to the draw-bar, as will be readily understood; The tongue 4 also supports the doubletree for the attachment of the draft.

The axle 1 of the machine is provided with a pair of uprights 10, which preferably consist of iron rods or pipes connected at their upper ends by a cross-brace 11, which is extended at opposite ends beyond the said uprights. The cross-brace ll supports a plurality of pulleys 12, one for each barrow-section. Each of the barrow-sections is provided with an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle-bar 13, from which a flexible connection, such as a rope 14, extends over the appropriate pulley 12 to a treadle 15, which is hingedly connected with the axle, from which it extends in a forward and up- Ward direction. Braces l6 connect the axle l with the cross-bar 5. Additional inclined braces 17 connect the uprights 10 with the said cross-bar 5, and said braces 17 support a brace-bar 18, which is disposed above the treadles 15, so as, to prevent the latter when released from thefo'ot of the operator from being thrown too far in an upward direction by the weight oft-he descending barrow-section, whereby they will be rendered less liable to injure the limbs of the driver,

The operation of myinvention is extremely simple'and will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The number of barrow-sections connected with the draw-bar 8 may be increased or diminished at will; but three separate sections are believed to be the number most conveniently and profitably employed. Said harrow-sections, which may be of the simplest possible construction and which in the drawings have been illustrated as consisting si mply of toothed slats or bars connected by means of crossbars and braces, are linked to or hingedly connected with the draw-bar 8, which is constituting my invention may be changed as to size, shape, and general manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus deccribed my invention, I claim 1. In a riding-barrow, an axle, supporting wheels for the same, a tongue extending forwardly from theaxle, a cross-bar supported upon said tongue, braces connecting said cross-bar with the axle, a draw-bar, straight and diagonal braces connecting the latter with the cross-bar supported upon the tongue, barrow-sections linked to the draw-bar, and adjusting means for said barrow-sections.

2. In a riding-barrow, an 'axle, supportingwheels for the same, a tongue extending forwardly from the axle, a cross-bar supported upon said tongue, braces connecting said cross-bar with the axle, a draw-bar, braces connecting the latter with the cross-bar supported upon the tongue, harrow sections linked to the draw-bar, an upright frame supported upon the axle, pulleys supported by said upright frame, treadles hingedly connected with the axle, and flexible connections guided over the pulleys and connecting said treadles with the barrow-sections.

3. A riding-barrow comprising a wheeled frame, uprights supported upon the axle of said frame, a cross-bar connecting and extending beyond the upper ends of said uprights, pulleys supported by said cross-bar, a draw-bar connected with the riding-frame, treadlos connected with the axle, harroW-sections connected hingedly with the draw-bar and having upwardly and rearwardly extending handle-bars, flexible connections between the latter and the treadles, said connections being guided over the pulleys supported by the upright frame, and a cross-bar disposed above the treadles to prevent the latter rebounding beyond the limit of said crossbar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MOSES LANGELLIER.

Vitnesses:

W. S. GRISELL, J. M. KENDALL. 

